KBOO's cash reserves are from bequests. Federal money was intentionally
cut off for small, nonconformist operations like KBOO, a decade ago.
Federal money was not "ignored" or "squandered." It was cut off. It is
not now, nor will it be available, no matter how much KBOO kisses the
flag. And that's good, because we cannot be controlled by the CPB's
dumbed-down agenda. We have never been in the business of making money,
and the statement that "KBOO's income is dwindling" is irrelevant. We
continue to make better and better radio, and we continue to be more and
more effective as honest purveyors of public affairs broadcasting and
journalism.

"KBOO is suffering a cash crisis, in large part, because the 2012 Winter
membership drive was cancelled by the new, brilliant and innovative
management."

This is not the source of the crisis. The crisis has been going on
for YEARS as KBOO has lost revenue. Staff is being paid out of surplus
funds from the FEDS that KBOO no longer qualifies for and will not last
forever.

"KBOO built up significant savings when it received CPB (Corp. for Pub.
Broadcasting) grant money. That money is nearly gone. There is also
$200k in Board Reserves that likely will be used to cover staffing in
the near term."

Hard to tell which one because they're both treasonous Trotskyist trash.

Just listen to the sound of Glorious leader's comment, that appears to be saying there is no federal money in the reserves:

"Federal money was intentionally
cut off for small, nonconformist operations like KBOO, a decade ago.
Federal money was not "ignored" or "squandered." It was cut off. It is
not now, nor will it be available,"

What more do you need to know? There is NO reserve with federal funds! Make a Mao Memo! Send it ti fellow party members! And find out who this "Éponine" is who wants to sully ideological purity by bring on Thom Hartmann! We want arrest records! Library cards! Outstanding parking tickets! No mercy for enemies of the people!

Don't forget to bring cameras and audio recorders to the perfectly normal board meeting later today, where the Inner Party will totally not try to reinstate old illegal policies that will sure to get KBOO into hot water faster than you can say "What seems to be the problem, officer?"

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KBOO became ineligible for FEDERAL MONEY because membership dropped below the amount they fund community radio stations for.

In other words, KBOO has shrunk below the level the CPB felt was worth spending on a station that didn't appear like it was going to be around much longer, as in shrinkage. KBOO wasn't "cut off", it fell below the guidelines.

From the Glorious Leader's blog:Read the posts below for a clearer view of the crisis at KBOO radio. Good news: we have successfully appointed three Board members who will not go along with the downsizing/corporate agenda! The General Meeting is coming, and if three hundred of us come, we can reverse the damage to KBOO policy and get the Board we want!

I'm confused, her blog say "Community Radio Must Be For All of Us" but then keeps using we, we, we, like there is a specific agenda for a select group of people?

Not sure what she thinks the 300 people will do, per the bylaws the annual meeting is reserved for finishing the board election, and hearing from the Board Prez about the station's financial condition (THAT should be exciting).

I think Glorious Leader may be getting the annual meeting confused with a special meeting, which needs to have any topics be included in the mailer.

Does she want to remove Board Members? Aren't Pauala, Hadrian, and Rabia's terms set to expire?

ARTICLE V: MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS

Section 1. Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the members of the corporation shall be held in the month of September, for the purposes of receiving a report from the President and any other officer the Board of Directors or the President may designate on the activities and financial condition of the corporation, electing members of the Board of Directors, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the members of the corporation may be called by the Board of Directors or by written demand of at least five percent of the members signed, dated, and delivered to the Secretary and describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held.

"Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the members of the corporation may be called by the Board of Directors or by written demand of at least five percent of the members signed, dated, and delivered to the Secretary and describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held."

So, unless someone's playing really fast with the rules, Ben's right and this can't be a special meeting. Otherwise we know glorious leader would have spammed a document like that everywhere

DEFECTING FROM THE INNER PARTY?

Then start packing for the Happy Valley Reeducation Center, where we guarantee ALL Party Members WILL be HAPPY.

But seriously folks...

For readers who don't know the background, this blog was started by a group of KBOO radio fans.

Recent events at the station have been blown out of proportion by a small group of KBOO members who feel threatened by actions of management trying to address the very real issue of financial trouble and keep the station viable.

These people instead believe they are victims of a conspiracy involving Station Navigator Lynn Fitch and have promoted their cause with the worst kind of missionary zeal, in some cases using unethical tactics like impersonation. They call themselves "Keep KBOO KBOO" and appear to be led by Theresa Mitchell, who has a penchant for using revolutionary imagery and jargon. Allies include KBOO Board members abusing their influence. This begged for satire, thus this blog was born.

We are documenting the ongoing tussle and any new fibs and misinformation the "Keep KBOO KBOO" crowd creates. They also have a website called savekboo.org . We recommend anyone leaving comments there to archive them in text or images, as a certain amount of rewriting history is known to happen there.

BACK TO THE BARRICADES COMRADES!!!!

Praise for "Save KBOO from Save KBOO"

"is the funniest thing I've read in a long time." - delighted at Portland Indymedia June 7, 2013

"Anyway, the obsessives here are directly and clearly defined by how many 'NYAH NYAH NYAH-NYAH-NYAH-NYAH (e.g. "save kboo from asave kboo")'-titled smear-blog Obsessive Paranoiac websites they can manage to create in a week. " -huh? at Portland Indymedia June 7, 2013